Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-11-03
THE LATEST KILOGRAMS
GENERAL NOTES.

DAKOTA editor got mad at the Post
master for calling his paper second
class matter.
MUCH anxiety is felt in London be-
cause of the threatening attitude of the
unemployed workingmen of the city.
ELIHU B. WAsHBURNE, ex-minister to
France, died of congestion of the heart,
Oct. %, at the residence of his son in
Chicago.
IT is stated that Secretary Bayard will
be married early in the winter to Miss
Sophia Markoe, a clerk in the state de-
partment, about fifty years of age.
Mr.. YoLMAN, wealthy resident of Kan
sas City, followed his wife to Montreal,
where she had gone with handsomer
man, found the fugitive, and took her
back home.
E. j. WEEKS d Co., jewellers at Elgin,
ILL.,, were closed Monday by Chicago
creditors. The Liabilities are less than
$4,000.
10 HAPPY SING, barber, and All Yung,
laundry man, Cinnamon, took out nat
uralization papers at Clinton, Iowa, Mon
day.
G. A. WELTER, Union soldier, editor
of the Freie Presse, at YanktOn, D. T.,
and ex-register of the land Office at that
place, died Monday.
JUDGE I. w. TAYLOR was Monday ap-
pointed Chief Justice of Manitoba, vice
Wallbridge, deceased.
j. G. FLOOD, of California, bonanza
king, is reported to be physical wreck
from the shock caused by the failure of
the big California wheat deal.
IT was reported at the meeting of the
English Lutherans at Richmond, Ind,
Thursday that legacy of 100000 had
been received for theological Summary,
which will probably be located at Chica-
go.
DELLA PARKS, aged 16, daughter of a
farmer living near Perham, Nina, has
eloped with George Rosinck, 80 years
old, an employe of the girls father.
The famous Hungarian violinist, Re-
menyi, who was we'll known in the United
States, has been drowned in a shipwreck
off the coast OF Madagascar.
Snow to the depth of six inches fell
at Waupaca, Wis, on the oath inst. 1t
is said there are not less than 100000
bushels of potatoes yet undug in that
county.
RECEIVER ARMSTRONG has announced
that he is ready to declare dividend of
% per cent. on all proved up claims
against the Fidelity Bank of Cincinnati.
The Red river at st. Vincent, Mimi,
is frozen over and foot passengers are
crossing the ice. The river has not been
frozen over so early for thirty years.
For general State purposes, the Gov
vernon and the State Auditor of Illinois
have agreed upon tax of 8 $40 mills on
each dollar; and for school purposes,
1 4-10 mills on each dollar.
The -four output at Minneapolis last
week reached 175,5OO barrels, against
163,600 barrels the preceding week. The
demand is good, and millers have ad
vanced prices about 10 per cent.
LORD KINNARD, President of the Lon
don Young Women's Christian Associa-
ton addressed the meeting of the Young
Women's Christian Association, of the
United States Wednesday in New York.
The visible supply of wheat and corn,
Oct. 20, was, respectively, 32,388,046 and
1925, 1868 bushels. Since last report wheat
increased 687, 1903 bushels, and corn de-
creased 217,164 bushels.
The failure of the lumber firm of Rood
81 Maxwell, of Washburn, Wis, is report
ed. Attachments have been made by
creditors on claims aggregating $780,
600. The liabilities are placed at $780,
900.
In special race for $1,000 side Mon
day. at Lexington, Ky., Morrissey's Ka-
loolah beat Harper's Valuable by six
L. 49, he 10
and seventy yards in 1:47I
PARKER PILLsBURY, the abolitionist,
was given a reception at Adrian, Mich,
Tuesday night. TWAS attended by many
who gave voice and money in the cause
of the slave years ago. A large number
Of Quakers greeted the old man.
THE statue of Abraham Lincoln was I'M
yelled an the 22d inst. at Lincoln park by
a 6 grandson of the president, and large
crowd was present to view the ceremony,
in spite of the inclemency of the weather.
Hon. Leonard Sweet, Lincoln's intimate
friend, delivered an eloquent Grafton.
FoR the Capital stakes, furlones, run
at Washington Thursday, George Oyster,
carrying 120 pounds, won in ia, on a
heavy track-a remarkable performance.
Mclaughlin rode the winner, and Isaac
Murphy had the mount on the only other
starter, Raceland.
NEGROES belonging to the Knights of
Labor are causing trouble on the sugar
plantations to Louisiana. They demand
ed increase to pay, and, on being refused,
went on strike. They refused to per-
NIT willing men to fill their positions,
and State troops were dispatched by Gov
ernor McEnery Thursday ssto quell any
disturbance they might cause.
A CIRCULAR showing the cost of main
tanning the Illinois State charitable insti-
tutions was issued Wednesday. The
Northern Insane Asylum cost $36,887
during the year, $162 per capita. The
total cost to the State of it's institutions
was $9S5,269; average cost per capita
S165.65.
IT is reported from Pittsburg that iron
and steel workers belonging to the
Knights of Labor are preparing to show
their strength" and propose to formu-
| late scale of wages on gigantic plan,' y
whatever that may mean. -Four local as
semblies of Chicago are said to have
made application for membership in the
iron and steel workers National assem-
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